Originally Posted by
TopGunner
KRT-xAMM-xFRA-SYD-MEL-SIN-HND-HKG-JFK-YVR-DFW-LAX-SFO-LHR-AMM-KRT
Fare $3,868 + Taxes $1,972 (Fuel fine of $692, SDEM tax of 386, ADP of 212)
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Finally, any suggestions for improving? Would have loved to traverse NA more, but kept running into transcon limitation, and a trip to carribean/mexico would have been nice.
Congratulations!
I'd suggest cutting out LAX-SFO, and flying LAX-LHR (on either AA or BA). If you also cut out the last sector (back into KRT) and flew LHR-xxx to end the trip, you'd now have two extra sectors to play with for North America, which should allow you to fly to the Caribbean on AA to some place directly served by JFK or DFW.
Another option would be to fly YVR-LHR, or DFW-LHR, freeing up more sectors. E.g., HKG-JFK-MIA-CUR-MIA-DFW-YVR-LHR-xxx (I'm quite fond of Curaçao). Or maybe HKG-JFK-DFW-CAN-DFW-YVR-LHR-xxx or even HKG-JFK-DFW-CAN-DFW-YVR-DFW-LHR-xxx if you wanted to fly DFW-LHR. The fact that OneWorld considers the Caribbean part of North America (even Curaçao, which is right off the coast of Venezuela) makes it very tempting to include in xONEx fares. On the other hand, since it's domestic two-class AA flights, you'd be in A even on a DONEx, so it's a bit of a waste on an AONEx.
Originally Posted by
NDFan
Another useful pointer when you have multiple flights on non-AA airlines, as you do with RTWs, is that if you ask AA (regular phone agents or RTW office) to email you the itinerary, it arrives in a different format from the regular ticketing email. This format includes the following additional info for each segment:
- the type of aircraft
- the flying time
- the terminal that the flight operates to/from
- the booking reference on partner carriers, if it is not the same as the AA Record Locator
This information is helpful so this is the document that I print and carry with me. However, note that it does NOT include the ticket number so you need to either make a note of it on this document, or carry the E-Ticket Confirmation email also.
Useful tip. Also keep in mind that you can look up the itinerary by the PNR on aa.com and it shows you much of this, and there is a "print receipt" button that shows you the e-ticket number.